This is our scene (R & D Award)

Artist: Leonard Gayden

A multimedia exploration of street dance, involving a 7-part web-series, a mockumentary film, and documentation of a KC locals performance/battle/jam.

Garden Variety Soda Fountain (R & D Award)

Artist: S.E. Nash

A sculptural and public engagement project taking the form of a mobile soda fountain, with workshops and activities for all ages about growing, fermentation, art, and the civic and political issues raised in the piece.

WAK’Ó MUJERES PHỤ NỮ WOMEN MURAL

Artists: Connie Fitzpatrick and Marylin Hinojosa

A project for women of color, by women of color, to empower women of color.

BLACK & BLUE

Artist: Solomon Bass

A documentary and community dialogue aimed at building a bridge between Black police officers and the Black community during this time of racial tension.

Alter: Art Space

Artists: Bo Hubbard & Boi Boy

A collaborative, multidisciplinary, artist-run space in Kansas City connecting creative disciplines through interactive environments and unexpected programming

Eternal Harvest

Artist: David Wayne Reed

A short film about the cycle of life, projected on the side of a large, hilltop barn on the Reed family’s rural Kansas farm, and cross-pollinating disparate communities in artistic collaboration.

The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives (RCMA)

Artist: Kendell Harbin

A mobile lending library of VHS tapes and video technologies visiting geographically isolated LGBTQIA populations, with artist-led videography workshops to uncover and tell participants’ own stories.

Asiminier: Folklore of the Missouri French Creoles

Artist: Brian Hawkins

A feature-length documentary celebrating Creole history and folkways preserved for 300 years in MO, including cut-paper animations of folk tales with narration in the original French dialect.

Paz En El Barrio (Peace In The Hood)

Artist: Rodolfo Marron III

A publication preserving and celebrating the rich Latinx culture within the Westside of Kansas City, released at a special celebration in partnership with the Guadalupe Center.

The Art + Agroecology Project: AgroArt

Artist: Ryan Tenney

A live-work residency program on a 22-acre organic farm, culminating in a free publication providing remedies for historical land injustices and celebrating the future Black imagination.

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